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Archive for September, 2008

The Bailout Fails

Posted by admin on Sep 30th, 2008

The bailout was back - for about 24 hours or so. But last night the US House of Representatives voted against socialising its financial crisis. The score was 205 for, 228 against. Despite Hank Paulson’s confidence, all those foot-notes added to the bailout over the weekend came to nothing.
And now we have a serious panic. [...]

Some Thoughts on Share Trading.

Posted by strudy on Sep 30th, 2008

How to tell when you are Guilty of over trading.

The essential feature of overtrading is not the number of actual trades but your reasons and motivation behind each trade.

Confused? I shall explain further.

Overtrading becomes more apparent when in a “Bull Market” as the share trader is frightened of missing out or [...]

Interview with Michael Yardney for Property 2009 debate

Posted by admin on Sep 28th, 2008

As mentioned last week, we have again secured another high profile expert to participate in our Property 2009 event on 15th October 2008.

Therefore it is with great pleasure to announce our special guest from the property side of fence, Mr Michael Yardney. Michael is a successful property developer and property investor as well as director of Metropole Property Investment Strategist. To get to know more about Michael, today’s article feature our short interview with him.

America - The Bailout Nation

Posted by andyfvp on Sep 25th, 2008

To save the economic and financial future of America, the US government is taking over the financial system by changing the rules and becoming the backstop for all the junk in the current financial system. While this may save them in the near term I think it is going to put America in a big [...]

Interviewing Steve Keen for the upcoming property forum debate

Posted by cij on Sep 24th, 2008

In Upcoming forum debate: “Property 2009: Crash, Boom or Stagnate?!”, we announced that for the upcoming property debate on 15 October 2008, we will be “inviting the various high-profile experts to this debate.”
Today, we would like to announce that Associate Professor of Economics and Finance from the University of Western Sydney, Dr. Steve Keen, [...]

One of the Ways the Stock Market Works.

Posted by strudy on Sep 23rd, 2008

I have come to the conclusion that the market is (dare I say) generally being manipulated/influenced by firstly the large institutions, Secondly by full time professional traders and day traders and the short sellers.
The general public and the “Mum and Dad” investors are the last to know what is actually happening and invariably the ones [...]

Where to go when the bank says no….

Posted by NathanK on Sep 23rd, 2008

Even the strongest businesses are finding accessing credit through a bank difficult in the current environment. Below are some ideas that may assist businesses to continue the hunt when their bank won’t come to the party:

Is this the beginning of the loss of confidence in fiat money?

Posted by cij on Sep 23rd, 2008

Events from the past week are tumultuous. It started from the nationalisation of Freddie and Fannie (we were mulling about the implication of nationalisation 2 months ago in How do we all pay for the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?). Then came the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and takeover of Merrill Lynch. Then we have the nationalisation of AIG. Gold prices surged by more than US$100 in two days (it had declined since), which was the most rapid surge in 26 years.

Boom in Asian Economies Set to Benefit Australia

Posted by Debbie on Sep 21st, 2008

This is all a very roundabout way of saying the global economy is destined to take an even bigger shift across the Pacific towards Asia. The urbanization of Asia nations and growing wealth - remember, they’ve been saving while the West has been spending - of individuals will compensate for lower demand out of North [...]

How are your boring but safe fixed interest investments going?

Posted by Scott Keefer on Sep 21st, 2008

Fixed interest investments are rarely high on the agenda of the media or BBQ discussions but it is times like now that highlight the need for more focus on fixed interest investments. They are mostly boring, consistent performing investments but in times like these the value of fixed interest investments can not be overstated.

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